Suffocation - Human Waste (1991)

Clocking in at 23 or so minutes this is Suffocation in EP form. Brutal, aggressive, complex death metal that's harsh on the ears of those that have never experienced it. It's pretty much no thrills, just a barage of hideous riffs and harsh hyper drums mixed with a harsh vocal approach that is guttural to say the least. Suffocation never pulled any punches, and this EP is no different, it heads straight for the heart, rips it out and eats it. Six tracks on offer including the murderous 'Infecting The Crypts' with its mountains of riffs, as well as 'Jesus Wept' and the slower 'Synthetically Revided' with its wayward soloing and devastating drum attack. 'Human Waste' bridged the gap between 1990's ''Reincremated' demo and the classic 'Effigy Of The Forgotten' opus. 7/10